Tess Maune Biography
Tess Maune is a prominent American Award-winning Journalist who works for News on 6. She joined the station on March 6, 2012. There, she anchors and reports the morning newscasts on News on 6 and also serves as a host of a daily “Outdoor Adventures With Tess” segment during the 4:30 am newscasts. The program features fishing and hunting pictures.
She is an avid outdoorswoman with a hunting and fishing passion. And she spends almost all her free time in the woods or on the water. She noodles almost every day in the summer. Noodling involves catching catfish using only your hands. Her biggest catch to date is the 52-pound flathead. Ever since hand-noodling has been her favorite hobby, and because of this, many viewers refer to her as “the noodling news reporter”.
Tess Maune Age
She was born on January 18, 1985. Thus she is 38 years old as of June 2023. Hence she celebrates her birthday on January 18th of every year.
Tess Maune Height
She stands at an approximate height of 5ft 6 inches (1.68m).
Tess Maune Family
She was born and raised in El Reno, Oklahoma by Cynthia Jensen (Mother). However, she has not shared any information about her father’s name and whereabouts. She also has siblings whose names, number, and gender is unknown. Tess likes spending her free time with her mother as well as her nephews and nieces.
Tess Maune Husband
She is married to the love of her life Matt Mattioda, a wildlife biologist. They met in 2012, when Maune was noodling for the first time during a story on News on 6, and married on August 15, 2017. It is not known whether the couple has kids or not. But they do have a dog, Muffin.
Tess Maune’s Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of between $1 and $3 million. She has amassed such a great fortune from her successful career as an anchor and reporter.
Tess Maune Salary
Her career as a morning news anchor/reporter working for News on 6 generates her an awesome salary. She thus has an annual estimated salary of $82,180.
Tess Maune Education
She received her education at Oklahoma State University where she earned a BA in Broadcast Journalism in 2007.
Tess Maune Career
Prior to working at News on 6, she worked as an administrative Assistant at National American Insurance Company from October 2010 to February 2012. For less than a year in 2010, she worked for KOCO-TV as a news producer. Moreover, she worked as a news reporter/producer for KHBS-KHOG from 2007 to 2010. She started her career as an on-air college student anchoring the morning and evening newscasts at a small TV station in Stillwater. After her college, she worked for three years as a reporter and producer for 40/29 News.
There, she earned two consecutive Associated Press Awards for best 10 pm newscast. In her broadcasting career, she has covered a number of major stories throughout the state. She witnessed two of Oklahoma’s most notorious executions, was on the scene during the devastating 2012 Creek County wildfires, and covered the aftermath of the deadly Moore tornado in 2013. In 2015 and 2018, she was voted as Tulsa Press Club’s “Favorite Anchor/Reporter. And The Tulsa Press Club awarded her “Best Use of Social Media by an Individual” in 2018.
Tess Maune News on 6
She is a journalist working in Tulsa, Oklahoma for JOTV-News on 6, Griffin Communications. At the station, she has two roles. First, as a reporter since March 2012, and second as a morning news anchor/reporter since August 2016. Also, she serves as a host of a daily Outdoor Adventure with Tess segments during the 4:30 am newscast. The program features hunting and fishing pictures. Moreover, she is the station’s outdoor and wildlife reporter. During a story on News on 6 in 2012, she went noodling for the first time.
Tess works at News on 6 alongside other eminent News on 6 anchors and reporters including;
- Lori Fullbright
- Craig Day
- LeAnne Taylor
- Brian Dorman
- Jonathan Cooper
- Amy Avery
- Shannon Rousseau
- Travis Meyer
- Alan Crone
- Stacia Knight
- Megan Gold
- Stephen Nehrenz
- Dal Archer
- Von Castor
- Timm Crone
- Ron Morton
- Darren Stephens
- Brandon Welles